Block Digest #83 - Cobra Commander Cracked

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Welcome to episode #83 of Block Digest! (Sunday, February 25th 2018) Join us: https://bitcoinmumble.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Aknix (2.0) - https://twitter.com/rm0rf Rick M. https://twitter.com/cryptorick Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem JW Weatherman - https://twitter.com/WeathermanIam This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Links ===== Cobra calls for PoW change https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/967237696379813888 https://medium.com/@CobraBitcoin/an-open-letter-to-the-bitcoin-community-to-change-the-proof-of-work-algorithm-12a6545c20d0 Coinbase update on SegWit and Scaling https://blog.coinbase.com/announcing-segwit-support-on-coinbase-4e51117857c7 https://blog.gdax.com/segwit-support-on-gdax-6a5a636068e9 Coinbase IRS notification https://support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/articles/2924446 SEC charges former Bitcoin exchange Bitfunder of fraud https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-23 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-21/bitcoin-exchange-operator-charged-with-lying-to-sec-about-hack Bank of America admits Bitcoin a threat https://bitcoinist.com/bank-of-america-bitcoin-threat-sec-report/ https://www.coindesk.com/bank-of-america-cryptocurrency-risk-factor-annual-report-10-k/ Reactions to Venezuela’s ‘Petro’ https://www.coindesk.com/what-saying-petro-crypto-venezuelans-bitcoin/ https://www.coindesk.com/senator-menendez-venezuela-petro-cryptocurrency/ Opposition-run parliament calls scheme “corrupt” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-economy/venezuelas-congress-declares-petro-cryptocurrency-illegal-idUSKBN1EY2H2 Jorge Millán: https://twitter.com/jorgemillant/status/950787924236304385 (translation: “This is a new fraud disguised as solutions to the crisis. Here the only novelty is that this inefficient Government wants to compensate the lack of production with these virtual barrels, generating new and illegal debt.”) https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Ajorgemillant%20until%3A2018-01-11&src=typd (tweets marked with the hashtag #SesiónAN are from the same session) Old copy of whitepaper (“ERC20”) https://web.archive.org/web/20180220111615/http://www.elpetro.gob.ve/Whitepaper_Petro_en.pdf New copy of whitepaper (“NEM”) http://www.elpetro.gob.ve/Whitepaper_Petro_en.pdf All tokens on NEM still held by Venezuelan government http://chain.nem.ninja/#/mosaic/8535e936f581954b648e09b0e6486353fddb4b9cb2e1e18411b43df66f0f6090/0 Chris Burniske: https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/967009325502910464 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2018-02-20/venezuela-s-petro-is-a-stunt-token-of-oil-not-a-true-crypto Iran and Turkey Considering Blockchain Currencies https://www.coindesk.com/turkish-lawmaker-proposes-national-cryptocurrency-creation/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/turkey-iran-to-release-state-backed-cryptocurrencies-on-heels-of-venezuelas-petro Bitpay Drops “Adult” Businesses https://twitter.com/bhec39/status/967422558470537216 NY Open to Revisiting Bitlicense https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-crypto-ny-lawmaker-pledges-make-bitlicense-something-works/ Georgia Bill Proposed to Accept Bitcoin/Crypto for Taxes https://blog.coinninja.com/blog/2018/2/23/georgia-joins-in-considering-bitcoin-for-tax-payment Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV

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